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And good evening again from the World Game.
Later tonight we begin our new season of live telecar with the charity field match from
Wembley.
But before it, over the next hour, another busy work soccer with a focus on the climax
to the Brazilian club season in 1989.
Highlights of both legs of the Union Cup final in a moment.
Later tonight Chile warms up for its big one against Brazil tomorrow with a big away World
Cup win over Venezuela and more sizzling league action from France and West Germany.
In our letter segment, memories of that incomparable thriller between North Korea and Portugal in
1966.
And for those who might doubt the credentials of Diego Maradona, a repeat of just some of
his best work.
The rather chaotic but nonetheless grandiose Brazilian national championship, the Union
Cup brought together the unlikely clubs of Internacional and Bahia.
Unlikely because not once in the history of the tournament has the final excluded teams
from both Rio and San Paulo.
It was a two legged final played over a frantic four days in the cities of Porto Alegre and
Salvador separated by some 2000 kilometers.
The first leg was at the Fontenoba stadium in Salvador.
And the underdog mentality does bring out the crowds in Brazil.
Bahia are at full strength.
Look for Charles at number nine, the only local player to be considered for Brazil and
goal scoring hero Bobo at number eight.
Amidst field with a ferocious long distance shot.
Behind them the big number five, Paulo Rodriguez, a real star of the Union Cup.
Inter contain the real stars of this match, although far from guaranteed to win it.
Stafarell is the best keeper in Brazil, Uruguayan Aguirre Garay, one of the best sweepers and
the danger man up front, Nielsen, who scored twice in a semi final you saw on this program
and 15 times in all in this tournament.
And he is the top scorer in the Union Cup.
Referee is Romualdo Arpi Filho, who is probably the most famous, if not the best referee in
Brazil and a man with very high credentials.
He refereed the World Cup final in 1986 in Mexico.
And the crowd today, 90,000, just a bit over.
The capacity at the Fontenova is 110,000, so it's pretty well nearly full.
Stafarell.